A Workshop on Spiritual Care for the Caregiver
It's interesting that in Hebrew, the entire birthing process is called "Leida" - not "labor and delivery". Perhaps this holy language is here to teach us that once contractions have begun, the process is one of being rather than doing. It is only after we have worked through our deepest challenges that we can know inner stillness. It is only from this place of quiet that we can create a vessel within which we can hold paradox. - "I can experience suffering and blessing, darkness and light, death and birth, within the same moment."
One of the most difficult challenges we face is to know how to "be" with people we love and care about as they face the "necessary losses" that life brings. As compassionately caregivers, can we really "listen" to our clients, our children, our parents, our spouses, our friends, if our own internal clutter gets in the way? Just as the birthing woman must stretch and open in order to receive and cradle her new child, so must we do the same in order to "hold" both ourselves and those for whom we care.
We will explore this concept through stories, guided imagery, mini-counseling sessions, and teachings.
